Weather Records on 9 December 1929

192 weather records were set or tied worldwide on 9 December 1929. Highest significance: Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US.

Key Facts for 9 December 1929

On 9 December 1929, 192 weather records were set or tied at long-record stations worldwide.
107 were record highs and 11 were record lows, counting maximum and minimum temperature.
By timescale, 0 were all-time records, 6 monthly and 186 daily.
Klamath Falls 2 SSW set a daily record precipitation of 33.5 mm (1.3 in) on 9 December 1929.
Across 157 earlier years (1796 to 2025) the same calendar date averaged 477 records.

Record Map

192 stations

192 station records on 9 December 1929 are marked on the map, coloured by record type. Dot size shows the significance score. Made with Natural Earth.

Weather records on 9 December 1929: highest significance records shown on the map
Station	Country	Type	Value	Significance
Klamath Falls 2 SSW	United States	Record daily precipitation	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	52 of 100 (Notable)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	41 of 100 (Notable)
Ashland	United States	Record daily precipitation	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	40 of 100 (Notable)
Grants Pass	United States	Record daily precipitation	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	35 of 100 (Notable)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily precipitation	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Pincher Creek Town	Canada	Record daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	33 of 100 (Routine)
Sydney (Observatory Hill)	Australia	Record high maximum temperature	36.9 C (98.4 F)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Soldier Creek Adm Site	United States	Record daily precipitation	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	32 of 100 (Routine)
Vancouver 4 NNE	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	31 of 100 (Routine)
Cascade Locks	United States	Record daily precipitation	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Jacksonville	United States	Record daily precipitation	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	29 of 100 (Routine)
Ft Ross	United States	Record daily precipitation	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	28 of 100 (Routine)
Pullman Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	26 of 100 (Routine)
Moscow U of I	United States	Record daily precipitation	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Levan	United States	Record high maximum temperature	18.3 C (64.9 F)	25 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	24 of 100 (Routine)
Grass Valley	United States	Record daily precipitation	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Quincy	United States	Record daily precipitation	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	22 of 100 (Routine)
Nevada City	United States	Record daily precipitation	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	21 of 100 (Routine)
Fort Macleod	Canada	Record daily precipitation	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Colfax	United States	Record daily precipitation	23.9 mm (0.9 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Kalispell Glacier AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	14.7 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Williston Sloulin Fld	United States	Record daily precipitation	8.4 mm (0.33 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Husum	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.3 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Jonkoping	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	8.1 mm (0.32 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Dickinson Exp STN	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Rosalia	United States	Record daily precipitation	16.8 mm (0.7 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Lewistown AP	United States	Record daily precipitation	7.6 mm (0.30 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Irkutsk	Russia	Record daily precipitation	3.9 mm (0.15 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Maseskar	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	13.5 mm (0.5 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record daily precipitation	7.1 mm (0.28 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Larimore 4SW	United States	Record daily precipitation	5.1 mm (0.20 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Cairns Post Office	Australia	Record low minimum temperature	18.9 C (66.0 F)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Haliburton A	Canada	Record daily snowfall	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Nordby (Fano)	Denmark	Record daily precipitation	16.5 mm (0.6 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Upper Mattole	United States	Record daily precipitation	85.1 mm (3.4 in)	20 of 100 (Routine)
Alice Springs Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.2 C (81.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Payette	United States	Record high maximum temperature	13.9 C (57.0 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Manti	United States	Record high maximum temperature	14.4 C (57.9 F)	19 of 100 (Routine)
Bourke Post Office	Australia	Record high minimum temperature	27.8 C (82.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Bella Coola	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-11.7 C (10.9 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Point Escuminac	Canada	Record daily precipitation	15.7 mm (0.6 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Whitehead	Canada	Record daily snowfall	1.3 cm (0.5 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Cherdyn'	Russia	Record low minimum temperature	-41.8 C (-43.2 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high maximum temperature	5.0 C (41.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Pitea	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	3.0 C (37.4 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Ukiah	United States	Record daily precipitation	80.8 mm (3.2 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Steele 4N	United States	Record daily precipitation	10.2 mm (0.4 in)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Salem AP (McNary Field)	United States	Record high maximum temperature	22.2 C (72.0 F)	18 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low maximum temperature	-8.3 C (17.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Masset Airport	Canada	Record low minimum temperature	-10.6 C (12.9 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Wrixum/Fohr	Germany	Record daily precipitation	14.0 mm (0.6 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Hedrum	Norway	Record daily precipitation	39.0 mm (1.5 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Gallivare_A	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Karesuando	Sweden	Record high minimum temperature	0.0 C (32.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Evergreen	United States	Record high maximum temperature	25.6 C (78.1 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Los Gatos	United States	Record high minimum temperature	11.1 C (52.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Oroville 1 N	United States	Record daily precipitation	34.3 mm (1.4 in)	17 of 100 (Routine)
Delta	United States	Record high maximum temperature	16.1 C (61.0 F)	17 of 100 (Routine)

Counts by Type and Timescale

192 records

Records set or tied on 9 December 1929 by type: Highest daily maximum 56, Lowest daily maximum 4, Highest daily minimum 51, Lowest daily minimum 7, Heaviest daily rainfall 58, Heaviest daily snowfall 15, Deepest snow cover 1.

Records on 9 December 1929 by type
Record type	Records
Highest daily maximum	56
Lowest daily maximum	4
Highest daily minimum	51
Lowest daily minimum	7
Heaviest daily rainfall	58
Heaviest daily snowfall	15
Deepest snow cover	1

Records on 9 December 1929 by timescale: all-time 0, monthly 6, daily 186.

How Much Records Were Beaten By

161 broken records

Margins by which the 161 broken records beat the old ones, in degrees Celsius for temperature and millimetres for precipitation and snow; the largest margin was 127.0. Ties are not counted.

Top 20 by Significance

9 December 1929

Top 20 records on 9 December 1929 by significance
Date	Station	Record	Value	Beat old record by	Old record stood	Significance
9 December 1929	Klamath Falls 2 SSW, US	daily rain	33.5 mm (1.3 in)	28.4 mm (1.1 in)	27 years	52 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1929	Fort Macleod, CA	daily snowfall	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	10.2 cm (4.0 in)	7 years	41 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1929	Ashland, US	daily rain	40.6 mm (1.6 in)	20.0 mm (0.8 in)	34 years	40 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1929	Grants Pass, US	daily rain	58.9 mm (2.3 in)	25.1 mm (1.0 in)	27 years	35 of 100 (Notable)
9 December 1929	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily rain	25.4 mm (1.0 in)	12.7 mm (0.5 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Pincher Creek Town, CA	daily snowfall	25.4 cm (10.0 in)	12.7 cm (5.0 in)	14 years	33 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Sydney (Observatory Hill), AU	daily high max	36.9 C (98.4 F)	3.6 C (6.5 F)	54 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Soldier Creek Adm Site, US	daily rain	45.7 mm (1.8 in)	20.3 mm (0.8 in)	20 years	32 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Vancouver 4 NNE, US	daily rain	34.8 mm (1.4 in)	3.0 mm (0.12 in)	72 years	31 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Cascade Locks, US	daily rain	64.8 mm (2.6 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Jacksonville, US	daily rain	47.2 mm (1.9 in)	15.2 mm (0.6 in)	34 years	29 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Ft Ross, US	daily rain	97.0 mm (3.8 in)	49.2 mm (1.9 in)	15 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Williston Sloulin Fld, US	daily snowfall	8.4 cm (3.3 in)	4.1 cm (1.6 in)	23 years	28 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Pullman Exp STN, US	daily rain	32.3 mm (1.3 in)	12.0 mm (0.5 in)	10 years	26 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Moscow U of I, US	daily rain	25.7 mm (1.0 in)	8.2 mm (0.32 in)	32 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Levan, US	monthly high max	18.3 C (64.9 F)	3.3 C (5.9 F)	22 years	25 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Dickinson Exp STN, US	daily snowfall	7.1 cm (2.8 in)	4.6 cm (1.8 in)	23 years	24 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Grass Valley, US	daily rain	87.6 mm (3.4 in)	30.4 mm (1.2 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Quincy, US	daily rain	71.1 mm (2.8 in)	24.1 mm (0.9 in)	20 years	22 of 100 (Routine)
9 December 1929	Nevada City, US	daily rain	81.3 mm (3.2 in)	26.7 mm (1.1 in)	20 years	21 of 100 (Routine)

Significance is a score from 0 to 100 combining margin, the age of the old record and the length of the station's record. How it is computed.

The Same Date in Other Years

1796 to 1929

Records set or tied on this calendar date in each year from 1796 to 1929. 1929 had 192 records.

Counts for years before the ledger starts come from the same station rules.

Records on 12-09 in each year
Year	Records
1796	1
1820	1
1825	3
1831	1
1844	1
1856	1
1860	1
1862	1
1867	2
1868	1
1869	1
1871	3
1872	1
1873	2
1876	2
1878	4
1879	9
1880	1
1882	3
1883	1
1885	2
1886	2
1887	1
1889	1
1891	3
1893	1
1894	1
1895	3
1896	1
1897	4
1898	3
1899	5
1900	1
1901	4
1902	18
1903	7
1904	2
1905	9
1906	15
1907	28
1908	5
1909	18
1910	36
1911	31
1912	18
1913	37
1914	57
1915	139
1916	366
1917	106
1918	40
1919	58
1920	221
1921	58
1922	311
1923	203
1924	164
1925	93
1926	113
1927	356
1928	110
1929	192
1930	211
1931	434
1932	339
1933	250
1934	364
1935	263
1936	143
1937	348
1938	329
1939	1,030
1940	251
1941	144
1942	370
1943	496
1944	327
1945	178
1946	1,308
1947	303
1948	278
1949	299
1950	382
1951	849
1952	553
1953	347
1954	226
1955	352
1956	672
1957	565
1958	678
1959	217
1960	426
1961	818
1962	377
1963	642
1964	547
1965	706
1966	968
1967	639
1968	482
1969	347
1970	987
1971	655
1972	1,776
1973	679
1974	629
1975	668
1976	868
1977	1,548
1978	2,060
1979	693
1980	760
1981	748
1982	589
1983	664
1984	588
1985	1,074
1986	658
1987	1,007
1988	939
1989	1,270
1990	844
1991	878
1992	791
1993	912
1994	1,071
1995	1,247
1996	946
1997	1,214
1998	769
1999	774
2000	920
2001	505
2002	1,052
2003	824
2004	1,108
2005	1,714
2006	1,718
2007	1,124
2008	1,052
2009	2,442
2010	1,726
2011	496
2012	753
2013	1,018
2014	510
2015	1,054
2016	679
2017	715
2018	626
2019	614
2020	571
2021	674
2022	666
2023	907
2024	422
2025	1,602

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Sources: Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Global Historical Climatology Network Daily (GHCN-Daily). Records are computed by World Extreme Weather Monitor and are not official NOAA products. (US Government open data (NOAA NCEI)) Made with Natural Earth. Public domain map data. Borders are Natural Earth's de facto depiction. Data as of 2026-10-17 (17 October 2026). Records are computed by this site and are not official.

Data as of 2026-10-15. Last revised 15 October 2026 (2026-10-15).

Margin	Records
0 to 20	144
20 to 40	12
40 to 60	3
60 to 80	0
80 to 100	0
100 to 120	1
120 to 140	1